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Loading...Sierra is a soft, contemporary yarn that combines the precious softness of baby alpaca with the resilience of merino wool and a light structure that gives volume without weighing it down. The result is a warm, airy and pleasantly fluffy yarn, perfect for creating wrap-around garments with a soft hand and extraordinary comfort. Ideal for knitting and crochet, it gives rich, light textures capable of enhancing any project with natural elegance.
Availability and packaging
Our Sierra is available in 50 g balls, which can be purchased individually or in packs of 10 per color. Each pack has a natural tolerance of ±3%. The different packages are designed both for those who need small quantities and for those who need large quantities and/or want to save.
Composition: 60% baby alpaca, 25% merino wool, 15% polyamide
Length: about 220 yards for 100 g / 240 yards for 3.5 oz
What is a "soffilo"?
A soffilo is a special type of yarn made by blowing fibers inside a very fine knit tubular. This unique construction results in an incredibly soft, light and fluffy yarn. The fibers are trapped gently in the tubular, with the ends protruding slightly, creating an elegant "halo" effect.
Here's how it works in detail:
- Mesh tubular: at the center of the gusset is a thin mesh tubular, often made of polyamide (nylon), which gives structure and elasticity.
- Fiber filling: fibers-such as wool, alpaca or blends-are blown inside the tubular, distributing themselves evenly.
- Adherence: the fibers stay inside the tubular without needing to be spun, resulting in a light but bulky yarn.
- Appearance and texture: the ends of the fibers remain slightly exposed, giving the yarn its characteristic softness and a delicate "fluff" effect.
Why choose a blown yarn?
Blown yarns offer several advantages:
- they are super soft and gentle on the skin
- they are lightweight yet warm
- they have a very good yield (more meters per gram)
- easy to work with, perfect for a modern, airy look in both knitting and crochet.
Yarn type: Chunky, Craft, Rug.
Yarn tension with knitting needles: 14 knits and 17 rows knit low 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 in.
Yarn tension with crochet hook: 13 knits and 17 rows knit low 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 in.
Raw materials used in DHG's yarns are selected and purchased from areas of the world where each specific fiber expresses the best natural and performance qualities. Depending on the type, the fibers come from vocated and traditionally specialized regions, chosen to ensure high standards of purity, fineness and textile performance. Once selected, the fibers enter a transformation process that combines technical expertise and craftsmanship savoir-faire. In fact, yarns such as Cumbria are made through a careful twisting process, largely carried out with a still strongly artisanal approach in the textile district of Prato, a historic international center for fiber processing.
This balance between global sourcing and local processing allows the characteristics of each fiber to be maximized, resulting in yarns that combine quality, identity and manufacturing tradition.
With needles: beautiful shaved knit and ribbed, plain or raised work.
Withcrochet: the ideal knit is low knit. Perfect is the raised ring fur stitch.
With the loom: we worked the yarn with comb-loom 24:10 (2.4 threads/cm). The yarn is strong and easy to work. Perfect in both warp and weft. The end result is soft, warm and perfect for both fashion projects and blankets, runners, pillows. The resulting bangs are lovely.
Tips for working and care.
Our colors generally have high light fastness and wash fastness. Exceptions are fluorescent colors, which have low light fastness and may release color in the presence of alkaline or harsh soaps and with prolonged washing. The same applies to dark, bright colors. In all these cases, it is essential to test a small sample before starting the project, especially if these materials are combined with raw or light-colored fibers. In any case, it is always a good idea to dry artifacts away from direct sunlight, preferably in semi-shade.
A practical tip: Buying balls or spools of different baths can cause what is known as the barred effect: subtle variations in shade that seem invisible when comparing balls and spools, but become apparent once worked. Therefore, always be sure to buy some yarn in excess of what is needed for your project. We will be sure to send you spools and balls of the same lot.
Live colors.
Because colors may vary depending on your screen settings, we recommend that you purchase our Color Chart to check them live before placing your final order.
